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If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
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When is it over?
Posted on February 24, 2019 at 3:55 PM |
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Few processes rival the length of the college process. It begins in grade 8 with credits that count toward high school GPA, continues in grade 10 and 11 with PSAT and concludes in grades 11 and 12 with the application and enrollment process. The executive skills used in the application process will be needed the entire time students are in college. Done right, the college process can be full of positive surprises including scholarships, internships, amazing personal and professional growth and a wonderful career. However, done piece-meal and as an after-thought, it is full of unpleasant surprises including missed opportunities, higher tuition bills and lower return on the college investment in time and money. Unless parents are prepared to pay or borrow $75,000 per year in tuition, they should not promise their children that they can go to college anywhere they want. When parents make that promise, students take it as a collegiate blank check and are hurt when they are later told that a college is too expensive. Conflict can be avoided by explaining the college budget to kids BEFORE they start looking at and falling in love with colleges. Students understand their limits- when they know what they are- and can make choices accordingly. There are so many steps and there is so much to learn, families should do their homework and stay on top of college-related email and regular mail. Students should be encouraged to a partner with parents in the process so that they can effectively manage the demands of the process and take full advantage of all opportunities. Hint: consider creating a special email address for all college-related mail. Use that email address whenever corresponding with colleges, College Board, ACT and scholarship providers so that all critical information is in one place-easily accessible to both student and parents. |
Don't look now rising seniors...there is a monster behind you
Posted on July 23, 2018 at 9:23 AM |
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If most rising high school seniors turn around right now and look carefully, they will see the faint outline of a huge workload monster lurking behind them. The monster is the avalanche of college admission work they need to accomplish before mid-October. Mid-October you say? How could that be? Aren't college applications due in December or January? Some are, but if the student at your house is going to apply early, deadlines are more in the October/November range. Sadly, the college work could affect high school senior fall grades that figure into admission decisions. The amount of work they need to do to get the best outcome is staggering. A minimum of four outstanding essays that require much thought and tons of editing is one task. The other is deciding where and what to study. The clock is ticking and the calendar is racing. Time to get busy. |
All Hallow's Eve Application Fright Fest
Posted on October 30, 2015 at 12:24 AM |
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Hit the "SEND" button yet?
Posted on August 26, 2015 at 10:13 PM |
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Test optional? Essay optional? Application optional?
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 8:19 PM |
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The word optional is appearing more and more in relation to college admission applications. Although there are colleges that are test optional, test optional often comes with strings like a mandatory gpa level. Although there are essay optional colleges, I don't think it is a good idea to give up the chance to tell a college why they should accept your application and give you money. Colleges have stopped short of going application optional. There is something called an alternate or special application that is shorter and often requires no application fee. Such applications are offered to targeted students; students the college is trying to recruit because of grades or other characteristics. What parents can count on is that college admissions processes and methods are changing rapidly to move with millenials into the future of higher education. |
I'm 17 and I need a RESUME?
Posted on August 15, 2015 at 6:34 PM |
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I've got this handled mom, really
Posted on August 14, 2015 at 12:02 AM |
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When the ball drops some opportunities are about to dissappear
Posted on December 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM |
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Some students are still working on college applications that are due in January and February. A popular admission application deadline is January 1. Make sure that opportunity does not get overlooked during festivities to ring in the new year. Admission application deadlines for most colleges are final, meaning that if you miss a deadline you have missed the opportunity to apply to that particular college. If a student does miss the admission deadline for a college, they can still apply to other colleges and universities. There are many colleges with later deadlines occurring between January 15 and April 1. College applications take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours to complete depending on whether an essay is required. Some applications require no essay while others require several. It is critical that students avoid waiting until the last minute to complete an application. Colleges pay attention to what students write. The essay is an opportunity to introduce the student to a college and highlight special qualities beyond the GPA and test scores. |
Should my high school senior be starting college applications now?
Posted on November 18, 2014 at 11:31 AM |
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The takeaway for most is that today's college experience is not like theirs. Colleges are more different than ever in their requirements, processes and decision philosophies. Although there is the Common Application, the majority of colleges do not use it and even those that do have great differences in what they require. |
Seniors need allies
Posted on September 4, 2014 at 10:06 PM |
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Unfortunately for today's high school seniors, there is little time to enjoy their last year in school and at home. They are under extreme pressure to do large amounts of work that is not familiar to them in a limited amount of time. The limited time they can spend with parents is too often spent in conflict. High school seniors need supportive parents and grandparents now more than any year of high school. |
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